The 2016 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has launched and is inviting applications from schools of architecture around the world. A £6,000 grant will be awarded to one student by a panel of judges which includes Lord Foster and President of the RIBA Jane Duncan.

The topic of the research should however, relate to the survival of our cities and towns and fall under one of the following themes:

• learning from the past to inform the future
• the future of society
• density of settlements
• sustainability
• use of resources
• quality of urban life
• transport

The travel should take place between June-October 2016.

Eligible students:

• must be enrolled in an RIBA or CAA validated degree programmes or in a programme from a specially invited school or architecture centre AND
• must have successfully completed at least the first year of a Part 1 degree.

Each school only can submit one application produced by one student.

The deadline for submissions is 22 April 2016.

If you are a student interested in applying please visit:http://www.architecture.com/fosterscholarship